Category: TV

The Man Who Fell to Earth. Of course, David Bowie comes right to mind. The 1976 film he starred in as an alien arriving on Earth with a mission to save his planet. Nicolas Roeg directed the film based on the 1963 novel by Walter Tevis, who also wrote The Hustler, The Color of Money…

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. If you don’t crack up over the title, this limited series on Netflix may not be for you. And even if you do, the show is not for everyone. Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) stars as Anna, a heartbroken woman home alone…

A short walk to the corner coffee shop is like entering a war zone for Harrison. Jack calls his boss an idiot and loses his job. Violet is looking for love in all the wrong places. This is life for the three twenty-somethings who share an apartment and aim to get a job, keep the…

It’s clear from the first seconds that Sex Education will indeed be about sex. While the opening R-rated scene shows the most skin of any in the series, most episodes kick off with some sort of sexual union or attempt at one. The teens of Moordale Secondary School in England are consumed by sex: thinking…

Seven public assistance programs, nine moves, 338 toilets cleaned, and two stints at the Domestic Violence shelter. Such is life for Alex (Margaret Qualley, The Leftovers) as she escapes an abusive relationship and struggles to provide for her three-year-old daughter, Maddy. She works as a maid while trying to navigate the red tape of governmental…

Some of the best American TV shows were based on foreign programs. In some cases, the original program was well known, in others unknown. The American versions sometimes take on a life of their own making the foreign originals a footnote. The wide world of TV is an oyster for American producers looking for compelling…

A girl being chased through a snow-covered forest is suddenly impaled by falling into a hole filled with large, sharp sticks. Fast forward 25 years and a journalist asks, “what really happened out there?” This is the enticing and foreboding opening of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, the network’s latest outstanding contribution to Sunday night TV. It just…

Looking for that funny, wholesome comedy to carry on the warm-fuzzy feel of Schitt’s Creek? Look no further than the Candian comedy, Kim’s Convenience. It’s about a Canadian-Korean family trying to navigate both sides of their culture in Toronto. The parents run a mom-and-pop shop, Kim’s Convenience – they live above the store, so it’s…

That TV show that grabbed you right away. You got invested and hooked as it filled in the storylines, introduced new characters, and posited intriguing situations to explore. Then the all too common bombshell after a season or two. Cancelation. What, how could they? Easy, poor ratings. That’s the answer, no matter the network or…